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Q30 winners

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Congrats, here are the picked winners for the two Q30, one gets the blue one, the other one the black one.

Please send me your post address through a private message and I will dispatch both units the next days.

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B&O Beosound Explore - unboxing & first impressions

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Not much to say here

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Beosound Explore ordered

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Just ordered this new release by B&O, thanks to my friend for putting my attention to it, as I didn’t even notice this.

Seems to be some Soundlink Revolve competitor or rather UE Boom as the Explore also has 2 drivers.

As soon as it will arrive I will either shoot a live unboxing or a first impressions video...

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Anker SoundCore Life Q30 - give away

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Please comment directly on Youtube (not here) which color you prefer and I will pick 2 comments by random at the end of this month to choose 2 winners.

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Mu6 Ring - open ear wireless airconduction headphone

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Got this from Mu6 for a review and although not great to my surprise it still sounds far better than that popuar Aftershokz crap which is nearly twice the price. 

Have a listen by yourself.

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New portable speaker technology...

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Some years ago I was asked by a Russian sound engineer if I would like to test his revolutionary new speaker technology. This is the video I made for him as I definitely expected something different than the DIY (clay?) prototype he sent me.

Just let me quote some techical details (or shall I say marketing slipslop?) to...

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Game over?

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Exactlly 1 year ago I shot this video to announce my farewell from Youtube. I never posted this but shot another similar video instead: https://youtu.be/ESZOKAP4Vjs

Some weeks later I started Patreon and thanks to all your support since then I managed ...

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KEF LS50 Wireless II vs Nubert nuPro X-4000

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Jump to the listening part immediately at 3:49

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Mike & me

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KEF - Nubert

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This ought to be the listening part of my final video for the KEF LS50 Wirless II and Nubert nuPro X4000. 

Unfortunately I only noticed afterwards that the KEF speakers were swapped for left and right and I'll need to repeat the recording again but wanted to share this with you anyhow as it's also one of the first ...

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2 x Q30 give away

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I didn't forget about the give away for April, I was just too busy to prepare everything because I had planned to finally measure all Q30 units that I own as there seems to be some sample variation.

Therefore I would like to give away 2 Q30 (one in black, one in blue) this month to the eligible tiers and I would also li...

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Earfun Free Pro OE - the final chapter

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Currently it would not seem as if Earfun wanted to take the risk of producing another production run of these, they obviously want to appeal to the masses and sell large quantities not caring about "fidelity" as their regular Free Pro units seem to sell just fine and that was it.

But I don't want to let this project and...

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Nubert nuPro X-4000 vs Audio Pro A36

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Before comparing the LS50 Wireless II against the nuPro X-4000 which will be the actual video I was asked for by KEF, I first wanted to hear how the Nubert would sound against my Audio Pro A36.

I didn't have the chance to listen to both LS50 Wireless II and nuPro X-4000 side by side yet but I am afraid the outcome will ...

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Anker SoundCore Life Q35 - first impressions

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To weaken the anticipation for the Q35 I would like to give you some of my first impressions and immediately post some measurements. 

To cut the story short: save yourself from getting it if you already have a Q30 or simply get a Q30 instead. I am not sure what the big improvement should be here for twice the price...

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KEF LS50 Wireless II - first impressions

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I had to cut out a part because of copyright isses therefore you will be missing the whole setup of the Sonos Roam and may be surprised why suddenly the Sonos is playing.

Please let me know your opinion.

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Sonos Roam - first impressions

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Video with correct audio compensation is uploaded, it shouldn't be as treble heavy as before now.

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Drop + THX Panda - after midnight listening session

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I shot a final video about the Drop Panda as I was enjoying it a lot lately with my latest EQ tweaks which I had already posted before. 

I think with my EQ it sounds more enjoyable than a Sennheiser HD660S which is also included in this video, although I still think that the Q30 with decent equalizing beats the sup...

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AKG N700NC M2 - sound demo

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I was again suprised how bad a headphone can sound despite all the great ratings.

Thanks to the user-EQ it can be rescued though, but still won't sound as decent as the properly equalized Q30. 

I attached the user EQ settings that were used for both headphones in this video.

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Drop + THX Panda - frequency response + EQ

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Compared to my initial measusments of the Panda I already did before, these here seem to be more valid. I think last time I applied my compensation twice by accident which resulted in doubling the effect and stretching the response.

Here you can also find both my EQs "flat" and "fun"  which you will need to reprodu...

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DROP Panda - sound demo

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I fine tuned the EQ for the Panda a bit more in the meantime and will post my settings in a separate post together with some measurements.

With the EQ adjustment it finally sounds like a $400 headphone more or less, although the hardware seems pretty bad as my unit has some strong imbalance, it disconnects from Bluetoot...

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DROP Panda - SoundID

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I am currently working on an EQ for the DROP Panda which got an update recently to work with Sonarworks’ SoundID app. The EQ is uploaded to the headphone and saved permanently it seems. Unfortunately their own profile for the Panda is quite bad but there is a hidden fully parametric EQ with up to 10 filters included and I a...

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Meze Emyprean...

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I did some first measurements of the Emyprean measured with my own ears (in white my HD600 as reference).

I am going to meet up with Oratory1990 next week and let this unit measure with his GRAS system. Not sure if I got a dud or if my ears are to blame, but the peak at 5khz and the excessive treble boost don't look nor...

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Music session #4 - der schwarze Turm

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Some sneek peak of my upcoming audiophile collection #3 which I will post next week.

Unfortunately there is some clipping from my foot steps because of too much low-frequency rumble. 


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Sony MDR-ZX110 - "audiophile highend" sound for $10?

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Attached are both my EqualizerAPO EQs (full version and the simplified one).

I would like to know if these EQs work for you, or if you find them too thin or somehow nasal sounding like some had claimed. I think it depends a lot on the on-ear design, which doesn't give a good coupling with all ear shapes. 

Ful...

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Big plans

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Just some thougts about my future plans I wanted to share with you. I hope I can really manage to realize them which will heavily depend on the contacts and companies I can reach.

Sorry about the wind noise, but I hoped it would be recorded less prominent, also my steps create some low-frequency rumble when wearing a he...

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Can a $10 headphone sound better than a $700 or $3000 one?

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This will cause lots of buzz and hate on Youtube I am pretty sure.

I will publish it later tonight.

First I would like to let you listen "blind" and reveal all 3 headphones in the follow up video also posting my EQs for the Sony for you to try them out as well. 

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Meze Emyprean - first impressions

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I am quite surprised how realistic the sound is captured, but you have to listen over the HD600 with Sonarworks or my EQ (attached). Of course some information is lost, it sounds as if you were listening to a lower resolution of the original sound, but the frequency response is represented really well.

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Oluv's audiophile collection playlists

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Every 2 weeks I will post a new playlist here with audiophile music that I personally find to be recorded and mastered in a remarkable high quality way. 

Currently I am mostly listening to music with the Earfun Free Pro OE which gives me that detail and airyness to really be able to distinguish a good from a bad re...

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Amazon Echo 4, Google Nest Audio, Apple Homepod Mini & Sonos Play:1

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Sorry about the resonance of my voice within the recording which I just noticed afterwards. I am not sure about the reason, I am assuming a hair in front of the mic or the cable was resonating. I will look deeper into this.

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VIFA Helsinki - boosted mode with hacked app

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Get the "hacked" VIFA app here (only for Android): drive.switch.ch/index.php/s/EKkn6n9LrJk3a0g

Original thread: http://www.hifi-forum.de/viewthread-125-11396.html

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